Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-22


ally. Upon one point. however, all ar
agreed; and that is, that the hay crop
very light Good new hay has in man
places been sold for $l2 per ton, an
some of those who were compelle
to buy last year fear that there wi
not be enough feed to winter one-hal
the stock that there will be in thi
section of Wisconsin. Others take
more hopeful view of the situation
and believe that with the good lat
pasturage which is now fully assured
and by saving and properly utilizin!
the corn fodder there need not be an,
great scarcity of feed for stock. Wheat
oats and barley, some say, are almost
total failure, while Others report larg
yield of these cereals. 1t appears tina
each judges from the state of affair
in his own immediate locality. On thu
whole. we believe there is no cause TO
alarm. Experienced farmers every
where say that they never saw sucf
a stand of corn at this season of th'
year, and with two months more il
which to grow and ripen there il
scarcely a doubt that the yield of corr
hn l,,,N do n &c
king; failure OF this crop is NOR
heavily felt than of any other, while
and abundant yield goes a long wa.
towards making up for failure o
other crops. There is really nothing
to dishearten anyone in the presen
condition of affairs or in regard to GU
future prospects. 1t is true that thu
partial failure Of the grass and small
grain crops for two successive seasons
is quite drawback upon the prosper
ity of farmers and people generally
but that such failures rarely occur il
this part of the country is a sutficien
guaranty th2t the loss will be only
temporarily felt.
\ runaway accident that might have
been very serious, but which fortunate
ly resulted without any great injury tC
any person occurred on High street a
about noon on Saturday last. Thomas
Quirk, who was hauling wood with q
team belonging to H. T. Shepard, was
unloading load at the residence OF
John Collins. He had his load nearly
thrown off when some of the wood
from the front of the rack fell down
against the horses and they taking
fright ran rapidly down High street
and when little below the L. ). Hote
collided with J. a. Spratler's delivery
wagon. Rudolph Spratler and MOrrie
Minor were in the delivery Wagon
driving up street when they saw the
team coming, and drove upon the
sidewalk on the north side of the street
to avoid them; but Waen they saw
that they could not get out of then
way Jumped from the wagon just as
the collision occurred. When the
horses struck the wagon they overturn.
ed it and broke the hind wheels al
to pieces, and becoming entangleC
they were brought to a stand-still
Spratler's horse got loose from the
wagon, but made no attempt to ruT
away. 1t seems that one of the horses
was blind which caused the collision
and it was very fortunate that both
of the boys escaped so well as they did
On Wednesday night an attempt
was made to blow open the safe il
the grocery store of J. A. Spratler. A,
about half past five o'clock on Thurs
day morning Joseph Jones went tt
the home of Herman Enzenroth,-
who lives in the second story of the
building and found the back dool
of the store open, a lamp standing
and things generally in dis
ordered condition. Inside a Sledge, {
brace and bit, chisel, and piece OF
Il broken drill was found A hole haG
been bored clear through the side OF
the safe, and a charge of powder in
serted, and ignited with fuse; but
the discharge did not blow open the
safe or injure it to any great extent.
1t was found that the burglars OBJ,
tanned most of their tools at the Wagon
shop of Edward CurnOw, which they
entered by breaking open the back
door. The whole proceedings seems
to have been the work of home talent
or of amateurs at least.
c. ID. Fish, representing The Chicago
Herald, has been in town during the
past week, canvassing for and show
ing up the merits of his paper. The
Herald is one of the best newspapers
published in the world 1t is strong
it is a model in typOgraph
ical appearance; and the news which
it furnishes is always fresh and re
liable. The daily Herald is always
kept on sale by H. \. Smith X Co. ant
j. J. HanScom K Co, in Mineral Point
subscriptions for the Weekly Herald
will also be received at The Democrat
office.
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